Derek Jeter said he spent much of the afternoon signing autographs — in the Yankees clubhouse.

Alex Rodriguez is making plans to have his locker taken apart and sent to his home in Miami.

Rookie pitcher Phil Coke just wanted a picture showing he was a part of it.

From the biggest stars to the rookies, from Major League Baseball authenticators and to the bleacher bums, everybody at Yankee Stadium wanted one last memento and memory of the historic ballpark on its final night in business Sunday.

Fans started arriving at the stadium long before the gates opened at 1 p.m. for the 8 p.m. game and snapped up everything available. Final game programs were in plentiful supply and selling briskly.

Michael Laboy, a Yankees vendor who sets up his stand outside the gates, said his supply of T-shirts, balls, pins and hats was gone by 12:30 p.m. — a half hour after he opened.

"The balls and pins were gone by 12:05," he said. "They followed me from the gate."

Asked what he wanted from the stadium, Jeter cracked, "The bat outside — put it in my garden in Florida."

The Yankees captain said he had an idea what he'd like but didn't want to say until he secured it because "every time I say something, someone else tries to take it first."

Several Yankees circulated throughout the clubhouse before the ceremonies, getting teammates to sign a lineup card for the final game.

Coke, a 26-year-old who was called up from the minors in September, said he might think of something at the last minute. First priority: "Just a picture of the simple fact that I was out there to be a part of it," he said.

MLB authenticators were busy during the game — the bases were changed and tagged with a hologram after each half-inning, giving the Yankees 18 sets of bases to sell or provide for sponsors.

Howard Shelton, one of the supervisors of MLB's program, said all the balls used in the ninth inning would also be marked before being put into play — a procedure usually reserved for potential historic home runs.

"After the game, we'll probably walk the stadium and do some things with the signs and maybe the outfield padding," he said.

Officials from the Baseball Hall of Fame are also expected to receive some of the final pieces of the historic night.

A large contingent of police and security guards were stationed throughout to make sure fans didn't help themselves to potential artifacts. Fans have been arrested and screwdrivers confiscated during the final homestand.

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